Certified Compassion Fatigue Professional Training

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J. Eric Gentry, PhD, LMHC, DAAETS, FAAETS, CCTP Related seminars and products

Compassion Unlimited

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J. Eric Gentry, PhD, LMHC, DAAETS, FAAETS, CCTP, is an internationally recognized leader in the study and treatment of traumatic stress and compassion fatigue. His PhD is from Florida State University where he studied with Professor Charles Figley – a pioneer of these two fields. In 1997, he co-developed the Accelerated Recovery Program (ARP) for compassion fatigue – the world’s only evidence-based treatment protocol for compassion fatigue. In 1998, he introduced the Certified Compassion Fatigue Specialist Training and Compassion Fatigue Prevention & Resiliency Training. These two trainings have demonstrated treatment effectiveness for the symptoms of compassion fatigue, and he published these effects in several journals. He has trained over 100,000 health professionals over the past 20 years.

He has written numerous chapters, papers, and peer-reviewed journal articles in the areas of traumatic stress and compassion fatigue. Dr. Gentry is a Master Traumatologist with over 35 years of clinical experience with trauma, Complex PTSD, personality disorders, and dissociation.

He is the president and CEO of The Forward Facing® Institute and owner of Compassion Unlimited – a private psychotherapy, training, and consulting practice – in Phoenix, AZ.
 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. J. Eric Gentry maintains a private practice. He is the owner and President of Forward-Facing Institute, LLC., the CEO of Compassion Unlimited, and the co-director of Community Crisis Support Team. Dr. Gentry has employment relationships with the University of South Florida State, the Florida State University, the Florida Center for Theological Studies, the Argosy University, and the Webster University. He is a consultant and receives compensation. Dr. Gentry is a published author and receives royalties. He receives a speaking honorarium, book royalties, and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. J. Eric Gentry is a member of the American Counseling Association, the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress, and others. For a complete list, please contact info@pesi.com.

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Objetivos

1. Summarize the causes, effects, treatments and prevention of compassion fatigue that include burnout, secondary traumatic stress, & caregiver stress.
2. Explain how compassion fatigue erodes professional resiliency.
3. Implement skills for successful self-regulation.
4. Demonstrate an increased capacity to remain comfortable and maximally effective regardless of external demands.
5. Develop a personalized professional moral compass for the starting point for professional maturation and resiliency.
6. Implement simple powerful strategies to prevent the symptoms of compassion fatigue.

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Essentials of Compassion Fatigue: How it Impacts Professionals, the Workplace and Caregivers

• Silent Witness
• History of compassion fatigue
• Principles of compassion fatigue
• The impact of compassion fatigue on personal and professional life
• Importance of addressing compassion fatigue in the mental health profession
• Causes and effects of stress in the caregiving workplace
• The four maxims of professional resiliency

Red Flags: Signs and symptoms of Compassion Fatigue

• Understanding the causes of CF
• The role of the nervous system and why it matters
• The process of secondary traumatic stress
• Burnout as caused by autonomic dysregulation and distorted perception
• The effect of compassion fatigue on mental health professionals and their clients

The Compassion and Empathy Toolkit: Tools to Maintain Purpose and Fulfillment

• The neuro-physiology of compassion fatigue
• Perceived threat & the autonomous nervous system
• Assessment instruments for self and others
• Self-care strategies to prevent compassion fatigue
• Causes, cures, and prevention of burnout and secondary traumatic stress

Compassion Fatigue Interventions: Restore Joy in your Work to Better Help Clients

• Self-regulation
• Self-regulation vs. relaxation
• Parasympathetic nervous system dominance
• Shifting from sympathetic to parasympathetic dominance for stress reduction
• Exercise: Learning self-regulation

Intentionality

• Articulation of intention & defining goals
• Reactivity to intentionality
• Mission-focused living—resiliency and symptom reduction

Connection & Support

• Redefining what it means to ask for help
• Four critical functions of a support network
• Social support development tools

Self-Care & Revitalization

• Assessments for self and other
• Modalities of self-care
• Reframing self care as indulgence
• Refueling: A roadmap to developing re-creative activities
• The ethics of self care

Professional Resilience: Clinical Skills to Enhance Resiliency

• What is professional resiliency
• Disrupt self-weakening patterns: placating, peoplepleasing, entitlement, and indulgence
• Tools for developing, maintaining, and strengthening self-hood
• Design a self-directed professional resiliency plan (Gentry 2004 & Dietz, 2020)
• Five key resiliency skills
• Exercise: Compassionate self-supervision

Público objetivo

• Enfermeras
• Nurse Educators
• Enfermeras especializadas
• Especialistas en enfermería clínica
• Floor Directors and Managers
• Administradores de residencias de ancianos
• CNAs
• Médicos
• Asistentes médicos
• Fisioterapeutas
• Terapeutas ocupacionales
• Veterinarians
• Veterinary Technicians
• Veterinary Practice Managers
• Trabajadores sociales
• Consejeros
• Arteterapeutas
• Terapeutas matrimoniales y familiares
• Clinical Supervisors
• Educadores
• Consejeros en adicciones
• Psicólogos
• Gestores de casos
• Others in Caring Professions